Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Join the national effort for cleaner, fresher indoor air in homes,
schools and workplaces and support National Indoor Plant Week and Costa
Farms' national grassroots campaign, ‘O2 for You’: Houseplants with a Purpose, on September 15-21, 2013!

This week-long initiative was created to raise consumer awareness on the value and benefits of live indoor houseplants.

Event founder Mark Martin from Interior Tropical Gardens says, “We like to say that the ‘oxygen arrives when the plants do.’”

Besides removing carbon dioxide and giving back oxygen, emerging
research indicates that certain varieties of indoor houseplants work
best to help cleanse interior spaces of indoor pollutants and improve
productivity in offices where we spend most of our day.

Plus, studies from the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA)
have found that levels of indoor air pollution can be two to five times
higher - and in some cases 10 times more polluted than outdoor air. And
since most of us spend about 90 percent of our time indoors, these
findings are particularly alarming.

This is where nature’s natural air purifiers take center stage.
Working 24/7, certain plants absorb almost all volatile organic
compounds (VOC’s) in indoor air. These toxic VOC’s are common chemicals
like ammonia, formaldehyde and benzene emitted from products you may
already have in your home and office like carpets, printer ink, tobacco
smoke and cleaning products.

During National Indoor Plant Week and throughout the month of
September, look for varieties such as peace lilies, ferns and spider
plants with ‘O2 for You’ plant tags at your local retailer and reap the
benefits of these hardworking plants.

Throughout the week, people are encouraged to use social media to
share messages about the many benefits of indoor plants and how they not
only cleanse our indoor spaces but help reduce stress, as they brighten
up any room with beautiful foliage and color.

4 comments:

February is "National Care About Your Indoor Air" month, a time that comes once a year to educate and inform about the importance of indoor air quality. Its time to improve you and your family's health by learning about how important air quality actually is.

Costa Rica is home to some of the finest gourmet coffee in the world. It has a become a huge industry for them and they import coffee all over the world. It developed its cofee industry very early - thanks to one man.

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